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Oedipus Rex

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR FATE.

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PROPHECY OF DOOM

You will murder your father and marry your mother.
Oedipus means "swollen foot."
Laius and Jocasta are O's biological parents

IN THE HANDS OF SHEPHERDS

Oedipus is spared and given away
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CORINTH

Oedipus hears his horrible fate and flees his home.
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HOMELESS

The road where three ways meet
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KING OF THEBES

Oedipus outwits the Sphinx and gains the crown.
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THE PLAGUE

Thebes is dying
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ORACLES OF APOLLO

Find the killer of Laius to banish the anger of the Gods
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EPIPHANIES

The journey to enlightenment and horror
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BANISHMENT

How the mighty are fallen!
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